Facebook? Instagram? Twitter? Snapchat? Surely your teenager has no idea what any of those are--yeah right!
If you've ever found yourself wondering what the actual difference is between certain social media outlets, or more importantly, HOW our teens prefer to use them and incorporate them into their everyday lives--then this article is for you. 19-year-old Andrew Watts breaks down each of the main social media outlets and shares his personal opinions on which outlets are most used, and why and for what purposes our teens tend to use them. Could shine some insight on your teen's internal world next time they say they "instagramed", "tweeted" or "snap chatted" something.
I think what stood out most to me once I got through reading the article was the amount of TENSION our teens must feel balancing "public" vs "private". There's an incredible amount of pressure in their world to "post" who they are, and their posts basically become their identity (how they are viewed by others). So there's an incredible amount of pressure and energy towards very "public" social media outlets like Instagram and Facebook, which in turn drives their desire to have a private space reserved for their closest friends on Snapchat.
Shows me that though they put a ton of energy towards making the best/greatest posts, they secretly just want a community that's not going to judge them.
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